Razor



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P. WAHL.

RAZOR. No. 362,336. Patented May 3, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER VVAHL, OF NORTH VERNON, INDIANA.

RAZOR."

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,336, dated May 3,1887.

Application tiled March 16, 1887. Serial No. 231,153.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER VVAHL, of North Vernon, in the county ofJennings and State of Indiana, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Razors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is designed to provide an improved razor whichshall wearuniformly, maintain its shape, and keep a sharp edge; and to this end itconsists in a razor having a relatively broad back, a shank of reducedthickness, a concave blade having between its back and its edge a swellor rib for strengthening the thin blade, and rounded ends.

Figure 1 is a side view of the razor. Fig. 2 is a back edge view of theblade; and Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the blade, showing its positionbetween two stones of my special form of honing-machine, between whichstones it is to be reciprocated when it is to be honed.

V A represents my improved razor blade, which is made in one piece, withabroad back, forming straight parallel ribs a a on opposite The shank bis reduced to about one-third the thickness of this back, and the blade,which is of theconcave type, has a (No model.)

rib or swell, 0, between the edge and the back, and running parallelwith the latter, and the ends of the blade at d are rounded. To hone therazor,it is reciprocated between two stones, as in Fig. 3, the honingbeing used merely to reduce the thickness of the back without changingthe character of the edge, the said reduction of thickness of the backserving only to give the razor a proper angle when placed on the strapfor sharpening the edge without wearing 'the same away by maintainingtoo great an angle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- A razor made in one piece of metal, withround ends d, broad back forming straight parallel ribs a a, the shank bof less thickness than the back, and a concave blade with a rib orswell, 0, between the edge and the ribs to and parallel with the latter,substantially as and for the purpose described.

PETER VVAHL.

Witnesses:

WALTER S. PRATHER, ELDo HICKS.

